OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Scientia Horticulturae is 43. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Melatonin alleviates iron stress by improving iron homeostasis, antioxidant defense and secondary metabolism in cucumber	135
Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) confer drought resistance and stimulate biosynthesis of secondary metabolites in pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium L.) under water shortage condition	133
Saffron (Crocus sativus L.), the king of spices: An overview	127
Water loss of fresh fruit: Influencing pre-harvest, harvest and postharvest factors	123
Emerging roles of melatonin in mitigating abiotic and biotic stresses of horticultural crops	110
Investigating the enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant defense by applying iron oxide nanoparticles in Dracocephalum moldavica L. plant under salinity stress	106
Optimal light intensity for sustainable water and energy use in indoor cultivation of lettuce and basil under red and blue LEDs	99
Selenium application in two methods promotes drought tolerance in Solanum lycopersicum plant by inducing the antioxidant defense system	95
Effect of chitosan/Nano-TiO2 composite coatings on the postharvest quality and physicochemical characteristics of mango fruits	90
Classification of sour lemons based on apparent defects using stochastic pooling mechanism in deep convolutional neural networks	82
The effective antagonistic potential of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria against Alternaria solani-causing early blight disease in tomato plant	78
Effect of gum arabic and Aloe vera gel based edible coatings in combination with plant extracts on postharvest quality and storability of ‘Gola’ guava fruits	76
Streptomyces alleviate drought stress in tomato plants and modulate the expression of transcription factors ERF1 and WRKY70 genes	76
Preservation of mango fruit with guar-based edible coatings enriched with Spirulina platensis and Aloe vera extract during storage at ambient temperature	74
Promotion of lettuce growth under an increasing daily light integral depends on the combination of the photosynthetic photon flux density and photoperiod	73
Melatonin alleviates salt damage in tomato seedling: A root architecture system, photosynthetic capacity, ion homeostasis, and antioxidant enzymes analysis	73
Exogenously applied proline enhances growth and productivity of drought stressed onion by improving photosynthetic efficiency, water use efficiency and up-regulating osmoprotectants	70
Effects of beneficial endophytic fungal inoculants on plant growth and nutrient absorption of trifoliate orange seedlings	65
The bifunctional role of copper nanoparticles in tomato: Effective treatment for Fusarium wilt and plant growth promoter	60
Prolonging the shelf life of Papaya (Carica papaya L.) using Aloe vera gel at ambient temperature	60
Bacillus pumilus promotes the growth and nitrogen uptake of tomato plants under nitrogen fertilization	58
Effect of seed priming on horticultural crops	58
Effect of Salt stress on growth, physiological and biochemical characters of Four kiwifruit genotypes	57
Melatonin is a potential target for improving horticultural crop resistance to abiotic stress	54
Effect of biochar on yield and quality of tomato grown on a metal-contaminated soil	53

Responses of growth, fruit yield, quality and water productivity of greenhouse tomato to deficit drip irrigation	52
Use of silicon dioxide nanoparticles for the management of Meloidogyne incognita, Pectobacterium betavasculorum and Rhizoctonia solani disease complex of beetroot (Beta vulgaris L.)	51
Fruit quality and defect image classification with conditional GAN data augmentation	49
Combined foliar and soil application of silica nanoparticles enhances the growth, flowering period and flower characteristics of marigold (Tagetes erecta L.)	49
SlWRKY81 reduces drought tolerance by attenuating proline biosynthesis in tomato	49
Mechanistic insights on melatonin-mediated plant growth regulation and hormonal cross-talk process in solanaceous vegetables	48
Application of biostimulants promotes growth and productivity by fortifying the antioxidant machinery and suppressing oxidative stress in faba bean under various abiotic stresses	48
Horticultural lighting system optimalization: A review	47
Prediction of loquat soluble solids and titratable acid content using fruit mineral elements by artificial neural network and multiple linear regression	47
Integration of UV irradiation and chitosan coating: A powerful treatment for maintaining the postharvest quality of sweet cherry fruit	47
Cultivar discrimination of litchi fruit images using deep learning	46
Exogenous caffeic acid and epicatechin enhance resistance against Botrytis cinerea through activation of the phenylpropanoid pathway in apples	46
Effect of 1-methylcyclopropene and chitosan treatment on the storage quality of jujube fruit and its related enzyme activities	45
Machine vision for the maturity classification of oil palm fresh fruit bunches based on color and texture features	45
Renewable sourced biodegradable mulches and their environment impact	45
Ameliorative effect of gum arabic, oleic acid and/or cinnamon essential oil on chilling injury and quality loss of guava fruit	45
Exogenous salicylic acid alleviates salt stress by improving leaf photosynthesis and root system architecture in cucumber seedlings	44
Changes in growth and essential oil composition of sweet basil in response of salinity stress and superabsorbents application	43
Evaluation of physicochemical properties in three raspberries (Rubus idaeus) at five ripening stages in northern China	43